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authorEric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>2026-07-15 15:11:46 -0700
committerEric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>2026-07-22 12:01:11 -0700
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lib/crypto: aes: Add GCM support
Add support for AES-GCM to the crypto library. This will be used to provide streamlined implementations of the "gcm(aes)" and "rfc4106(gcm(aes))" crypto_aead algorithms. Most users of these will also be able to switch to the library, which as usual will be faster and simpler, e.g.: - drivers/net/macsec.c - fs/smb/client/ - fs/smb/server/ - net/ceph/messenger_v2.c - net/mac80211/ (for both GMAC and GCMP) - net/tipc/crypto.c - security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_dcp.c (I've already written proof-of-concept patches for all the above, and they helped inform the API design.) As usual, the architecture-optimized AES-GCM code will be migrated into the library as well (using the hooks provided in this commit as well as the GHASH ones), eliminating lots of repetitive boilerplate code. Incremental en/decryption is supported. Incremental operation is a bit controversial in AEAD APIs because users have to be careful not to consume any decrypted data that hasn't been authenticated yet. But I do think it's the right choice here. It's not fundamentally different from the existing incremental MAC APIs, and it's the only approach that's general enough to work well for all users in the kernel: - An array of virtually-addressed buffers (like that used by BoringSSL's EVP_AEAD_CTX_sealv() and EVP_AEAD_CTX_openv()) doesn't work in the kernel in general, since in some cases the data for a single AES-GCM message is contained in a large number of highmem pages that each need to be mapped into memory individually. That can be done efficiently only by using CPU-local mappings, but there is a limited number of those. Ceph messenger v2 is a great example, as it can send or receive up to 32 MiB in a single AES-GCM message. And it needs the en/decrypted data to go into a (potentially large) number of bvecs provided by a custom iterator, as well as into four virtually-addressed buffers, two of which can be large buffers in the vmalloc region. Even just allocating an array big enough to store all the pointers can be problematic in the kernel. There are cases in which decryption runs in GFP_NOIO context or even in softirq context, where memory allocations are not as reliable as they normally are. - Meanwhile, 'struct scatterlist' (the choice of crypto_aead) has turned out to be really inconvenient for anyone who *does* just have virtually-addressed buffers. This is especially true if they can be in the vmalloc region, including the stack, as in that case the conversion to a scatterlist has to be done page-by-page. And even for users who have all of their data in bare 'struct page', none of them actually use 'struct scatterlist' as their native data structure anyway. They actually use skbs, bvecs, or other formats. - iov_iter is attractive, but ultimately not general enough either (considering the Ceph case for example), but also too general in some ways (like having support for userspace addresses). Additional iter types like ITER_SKB would help a bit, but bloating iov_iter with more types would reduce performance elsewhere in the kernel. Initial test coverage is provided by the crypto_aead support added in a later commit. I'm planning a KUnit test suite as well. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260715221153.246410-7-ebiggers@kernel.org Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260722021730.16897-1-ebiggers@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/crypto/Kconfig9
-rw-r--r--lib/crypto/aes.c280
-rw-r--r--lib/crypto/tests/Kconfig1
3 files changed, 290 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/crypto/Kconfig b/lib/crypto/Kconfig
index 6ec47cc328c8..fbc983f8af11 100644
--- a/lib/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ config CRYPTO_LIB_UTILS
config CRYPTO_LIB_AES
tristate
+ # Select dependencies of modes that are part of libaes.
+ select CRYPTO_LIB_GF128HASH if CRYPTO_LIB_AES_GCM != n
select CRYPTO_LIB_UTILS
config CRYPTO_LIB_AES_ARCH
@@ -53,6 +55,13 @@ config CRYPTO_LIB_AES_ECB
help
The AES-ECB library functions.
+config CRYPTO_LIB_AES_GCM
+ tristate
+ select CRYPTO_LIB_AES
+ select CRYPTO_LIB_AES_CTR
+ help
+ The AES-GCM library functions.
+
config CRYPTO_LIB_AES_XTS
tristate
select CRYPTO_LIB_AES
diff --git a/lib/crypto/aes.c b/lib/crypto/aes.c
index 03c80f4fe176..473c0c16bfa2 100644
--- a/lib/crypto/aes.c
+++ b/lib/crypto/aes.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
#include <crypto/aes-cbc.h>
#include <crypto/aes-ctr.h>
#include <crypto/aes-ecb.h>
+#include <crypto/aes-gcm.h>
#include <crypto/aes-xts.h>
#include <crypto/aes.h>
#include <crypto/gf128mul.h>
@@ -1307,6 +1308,285 @@ void aes_xts_decrypt(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, size_t len,
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(aes_xts_decrypt);
#endif /* CONFIG_CRYPTO_LIB_AES_XTS */
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CRYPTO_LIB_AES_GCM)
+/*
+ * Hooks for optimized AES-GCM implementations, overridable by the architecture.
+ * They are called with len > 0 && len % AES_BLOCK_SIZE == 0. I.e. they aren't
+ * expected to handle empty inputs or partial blocks, as those cases are handled
+ * by non-arch-specific code instead.
+ *
+ * The GHASH accumulator is provided in POLYVAL format. The counter is provided
+ * in big endian format, and it's read-only, as the caller handles updating it.
+ *
+ * Returning false causes the fallback implementation to be used instead.
+ *
+ * These hooks are used only for en/decrypted data. For the associated data the
+ * GHASH functions are called instead, so those should be implemented too.
+ */
+#ifndef aes_gcm_encrypt_update_arch
+static bool aes_gcm_encrypt_update_arch(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, size_t len,
+ struct polyval_elem *ghash_acc,
+ const __be32 ctr32[4],
+ const struct aes_enckey *aes_key,
+ const struct ghash_key *ghash_key)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+#endif
+#ifndef aes_gcm_decrypt_update_arch
+static bool aes_gcm_decrypt_update_arch(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, size_t len,
+ struct polyval_elem *ghash_acc,
+ const __be32 ctr32[4],
+ const struct aes_enckey *aes_key,
+ const struct ghash_key *ghash_key)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+#endif
+
+int aes_gcm_preparekey(struct aes_gcm_key *key, const u8 *in_key,
+ size_t key_len, size_t authtag_len)
+{
+ u8 h[AES_BLOCK_SIZE] = { 0 };
+ int err;
+
+ err = crypto_gcm_check_authsize(authtag_len);
+ if (unlikely(err))
+ return err;
+
+ err = aes_prepareenckey(&key->aes, in_key, key_len);
+ if (unlikely(err))
+ return err;
+
+ aes_encrypt(&key->aes, h, h);
+ ghash_preparekey(&key->ghash, h);
+
+ key->authtag_len = authtag_len;
+
+ memzero_explicit(h, sizeof(h));
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(aes_gcm_preparekey);
+
+void aes_gcm_init(struct aes_gcm_ctx *ctx, const u8 nonce[12],
+ const struct aes_gcm_key *key)
+{
+ ctx->key = key;
+ ctx->ad_len = 0;
+ ctx->data_len = 0;
+ ghash_init(&ctx->ghash, &key->ghash);
+ memset(ctx->keystream, 0, sizeof(ctx->keystream));
+
+ memcpy(ctx->ctr32, nonce, 12);
+ ctx->ctr32[3] = cpu_to_be32(1);
+
+ aes_encrypt(&key->aes, ctx->j0_enc, ctx->ctr);
+ ctx->ctr32[3] = cpu_to_be32(2);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(aes_gcm_init);
+
+void aes_gcm_auth_update(struct aes_gcm_ctx *ctx, const u8 *ad, size_t len)
+{
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->data_len != 0);
+ if (len) {
+ ghash_update(&ctx->ghash, ad, len);
+ ctx->ad_len += len;
+ }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(aes_gcm_auth_update);
+
+static const u8 gcm_zeroes[AES_BLOCK_SIZE];
+
+static __always_inline void ghash_pad(struct ghash_ctx *ghash, u64 len)
+{
+ if (len % AES_BLOCK_SIZE)
+ ghash_update(ghash, gcm_zeroes, -len % AES_BLOCK_SIZE);
+}
+
+static __always_inline void aes_gcm_crypt_update(struct aes_gcm_ctx *ctx,
+ u8 *dst, const u8 *src,
+ size_t len, bool enc)
+{
+ size_t partial_len, n;
+
+ if (unlikely(len == 0))
+ return;
+
+ partial_len = ctx->data_len % AES_BLOCK_SIZE;
+ if (ctx->data_len == 0)
+ ghash_pad(&ctx->ghash, ctx->ad_len);
+ ctx->data_len += len;
+
+ if (unlikely(partial_len != 0)) {
+ /*
+ * The previous call ended on a non-block-aligned data_len, so
+ * continue using a previously-generated keystream block.
+ */
+ n = min(len, AES_BLOCK_SIZE - partial_len);
+ if (enc) {
+ crypto_xor_cpy(dst, src, &ctx->keystream[partial_len],
+ n);
+ ghash_update(&ctx->ghash, dst, n);
+ } else {
+ ghash_update(&ctx->ghash, src, n);
+ crypto_xor_cpy(dst, src, &ctx->keystream[partial_len],
+ n);
+ }
+ dst += n;
+ src += n;
+ len -= n;
+ }
+
+ if (len >= AES_BLOCK_SIZE) {
+ n = round_down(len, AES_BLOCK_SIZE);
+ if (enc) {
+ if (likely(aes_gcm_encrypt_update_arch(
+ dst, src, n, &ctx->ghash.acc, ctx->ctr32,
+ &ctx->key->aes, &ctx->key->ghash))) {
+ be32_add_cpu(&ctx->ctr32[3],
+ n / AES_BLOCK_SIZE);
+ } else {
+ aes_ctr(dst, src, n, ctx->ctr, &ctx->key->aes);
+ ghash_update(&ctx->ghash, dst, n);
+ }
+ } else {
+ if (likely(aes_gcm_decrypt_update_arch(
+ dst, src, n, &ctx->ghash.acc, ctx->ctr32,
+ &ctx->key->aes, &ctx->key->ghash))) {
+ be32_add_cpu(&ctx->ctr32[3],
+ n / AES_BLOCK_SIZE);
+ } else {
+ ghash_update(&ctx->ghash, src, n);
+ aes_ctr(dst, src, n, ctx->ctr, &ctx->key->aes);
+ }
+ }
+ dst += n;
+ src += n;
+ len -= n;
+ }
+
+ if (len != 0) {
+ /*
+ * Ending on a non-block aligned data_len. Generate the next
+ * keystream block, use the needed portion of it, and leave it
+ * cached in ctx->keystream in case this isn't the final call.
+ */
+ aes_encrypt(&ctx->key->aes, ctx->keystream, ctx->ctr);
+ be32_add_cpu(&ctx->ctr32[3], 1);
+ if (enc) {
+ crypto_xor_cpy(dst, src, ctx->keystream, len);
+ ghash_update(&ctx->ghash, dst, len);
+ } else {
+ ghash_update(&ctx->ghash, src, len);
+ crypto_xor_cpy(dst, src, ctx->keystream, len);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+void aes_gcm_encrypt_update(struct aes_gcm_ctx *ctx, u8 *dst, const u8 *src,
+ size_t len)
+{
+ aes_gcm_crypt_update(ctx, dst, src, len, /* enc= */ true);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(aes_gcm_encrypt_update);
+
+void aes_gcm_decrypt_update(struct aes_gcm_ctx *ctx, u8 *dst, const u8 *src,
+ size_t len)
+{
+ aes_gcm_crypt_update(ctx, dst, src, len, /* enc= */ false);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(aes_gcm_decrypt_update);
+
+/* Maximum AES-GCM associated data length in bytes */
+#define AES_GCM_MAX_AD_LEN ((1ULL << 61) - 1)
+/* Maximum AES-GCM en/decrypted data length in bytes */
+#define AES_GCM_MAX_DATA_LEN ((1ULL << 36) - 32)
+
+void aes_gcm_encrypt_final(struct aes_gcm_ctx *ctx, u8 *authtag)
+{
+ __be64 tail[2];
+
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->ad_len > AES_GCM_MAX_AD_LEN);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->data_len > AES_GCM_MAX_DATA_LEN);
+
+ ghash_pad(&ctx->ghash,
+ ctx->data_len == 0 ? ctx->ad_len : ctx->data_len);
+
+ tail[0] = cpu_to_be64(ctx->ad_len * 8);
+ tail[1] = cpu_to_be64(ctx->data_len * 8);
+ ghash_update(&ctx->ghash, (const u8 *)tail, 16);
+ ghash_final(&ctx->ghash, ctx->ctr); /* Use ctr as temp buffer */
+
+ crypto_xor_cpy(authtag, ctx->ctr, ctx->j0_enc, ctx->key->authtag_len);
+ memzero_explicit(ctx, sizeof(*ctx));
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(aes_gcm_encrypt_final);
+
+int aes_gcm_decrypt_final(struct aes_gcm_ctx *ctx, const u8 *authtag)
+{
+ __be64 tail[2];
+ int err;
+
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->ad_len > AES_GCM_MAX_AD_LEN) ||
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->data_len > AES_GCM_MAX_DATA_LEN)) {
+ err = -EBADMSG;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ ghash_pad(&ctx->ghash,
+ ctx->data_len == 0 ? ctx->ad_len : ctx->data_len);
+
+ tail[0] = cpu_to_be64(ctx->ad_len * 8);
+ tail[1] = cpu_to_be64(ctx->data_len * 8);
+ ghash_update(&ctx->ghash, (const u8 *)tail, 16);
+ ghash_final(&ctx->ghash, ctx->ctr); /* Use ctr as temp buffer */
+ crypto_xor(ctx->ctr, ctx->j0_enc, ctx->key->authtag_len);
+ err = crypto_memneq(ctx->ctr, authtag, ctx->key->authtag_len) ?
+ -EBADMSG :
+ 0;
+out:
+ memzero_explicit(ctx, sizeof(*ctx));
+ return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(aes_gcm_decrypt_final);
+
+void aes_gcm_encrypt(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, size_t data_len, u8 *authtag,
+ const u8 *ad, size_t ad_len, const u8 nonce[12],
+ const struct aes_gcm_key *key)
+{
+ struct aes_gcm_ctx ctx;
+
+ aes_gcm_init(&ctx, nonce, key);
+ aes_gcm_auth_update(&ctx, ad, ad_len);
+ aes_gcm_encrypt_update(&ctx, dst, src, data_len);
+ aes_gcm_encrypt_final(&ctx, authtag);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(aes_gcm_encrypt);
+
+int aes_gcm_decrypt(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, size_t data_len, const u8 *authtag,
+ const u8 *ad, size_t ad_len, const u8 nonce[12],
+ const struct aes_gcm_key *key)
+{
+ struct aes_gcm_ctx ctx;
+ int err;
+
+ aes_gcm_init(&ctx, nonce, key);
+ aes_gcm_auth_update(&ctx, ad, ad_len);
+ aes_gcm_decrypt_update(&ctx, dst, src, data_len);
+ err = aes_gcm_decrypt_final(&ctx, authtag);
+ if (unlikely(err) && data_len) {
+ /*
+ * Clear the inauthentic decrypted data so that callers won't
+ * receive it even if they fail to correctly handle errors.
+ */
+ memset(dst, 0, data_len);
+ }
+ return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(aes_gcm_decrypt);
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_CRYPTO_LIB_AES_GCM */
+
static int __init aes_mod_init(void)
{
#ifdef aes_mod_init_arch
diff --git a/lib/crypto/tests/Kconfig b/lib/crypto/tests/Kconfig
index b559e7c79e76..51183ffabbef 100644
--- a/lib/crypto/tests/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/crypto/tests/Kconfig
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ config CRYPTO_LIB_ENABLE_ALL_FOR_KUNIT
select CRYPTO_LIB_AES_CBC_MACS
select CRYPTO_LIB_AES_CTR
select CRYPTO_LIB_AES_ECB
+ select CRYPTO_LIB_AES_GCM
select CRYPTO_LIB_AES_XTS
select CRYPTO_LIB_BLAKE2B
select CRYPTO_LIB_CHACHA20POLY1305